The great reason why we have so little good preaching is that we have so little piety. To be eloquent one must be in earnest; he must not only act as if he were in earnest, or try to be in earnest, but be in earnest.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Communication
A Dull Preacher is a Contradiction of Terms – Lloyd-Jones
I would say that a “dull preacher” is a contradiction in terms; if he is dull he is not a preacher. He may stand in a pulpit and talk, but he is certainly not a preacher.
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones –
Inner Hypocrisy Through Speech – Oswald Chambers
Our modern speech is a great aid to inner hypocrisy, and it becomes a snare because it is easy to talk piously and live iniquitously.
– Oswald Chambers –
Let Jesus Be a Well Known Savior
Father, never allow me to become a well-known speaker. Let Jesus become a well-known Savior!
– Anonymous –
Fire in Sermons – Vance Havner
Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire.
– Vance Havner –
That’s Good Preaching – Leonard Ravenhill
Finney preached, and sometimes the whole congregation would get up and leave! That’s good preaching.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Our Guilty Silence – John Stott
Our Guilty Silence suggests that one of the main reasons for our silence is because we lack either a thorough knowledge of the Gospel or a conviction about its truth or both. There can be no evangelism without an evangelist, no mission without a message.
– John Stott –
from Our Guilty Silence
Take Heed of Drowsiness – Thomas Watson
Take heed of drowsiness in hearing.
– Thomas Watson –
The Seven Trumpets of Revelation – Charles Spurgeon
A man says to me, “Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?” No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.
– Charles Spurgeon –